Luchador character development/planning...

I needed to make some solid decisions about what Gods & Creatures i wanted to base my teams of Luchadors on, but as there are so many Aztec deities i took some time out to whittle them down into to a group featuring the more interesting characteristics. As I'm going to be designing big bold wrestling personalities i don't feel that i could get that from basing them on the Gods of Maize, Wine, Salt or Old age - so i focused my research on those with more striking visual traits that i could use as a foundation for my own illustrations.



After a thorough research, where I've even learnt how to pronounce some of these guy's names properly, I've come to the point where i decided i won't be basing the Luchadors on Gods and Creatures of the Aztec calendar - but just the Gods, as there's far more potential with those as opposed to the simple animals signs.Some of the Gods feature creatures of some sort so they cold still appear in there somewhere.They'll still be broken into opposition groups as is the norm in pro wrestling; 

2x Good (Babyface), 2x Evil (Heel) 2x Anti-Heroes, who do both good and evil and could flirt between the two, as is also common in wrestling storylines with heel/face 'turns'.


So, the final character line-up consists of;

HEEL

Tezcatlipoca ‘The Smoking Mirror’

(tez-cah-tlee-poh-ka)

• God of night, death, cold & temptation

• Carries a smoking obsidian mirror

• Shape changes into MIXCOATL

•Associated with the night sky & hurricanes

• Sometimes his foot is depicted as being a bone or a snake

• His animal counterpart is the Jaguar 

• Easily recognisable by the black stripes on his face

HEEL

Mictlantecuhtli 'Lord of Mictlan'

(mik-tl'ahn-teh-KOO-tli)

• God of the dead

• Appears as a blood-spattered skeleton

• Skull head containing eyeballs

• Human bone ear spools

• Bones incorporated into his clothes and decoration

• Necklace made of human eyeballs

• Exposed liver that hangs down from his chest cavity

• Head dress with owl feathers

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BABYFACE

Xochipilli 'The Flower Prince'

(Shok-i-pil-le)

• aka Chimomexochitl '7 Flower'

• God of flowers, pleasure,beauty, artistic creativity

• Tear drop pendents

• Red & Skinless

• Guards the souls of the dead, who turn into humming birds

• Patron of homosexuals

BABYFACE

Quetzalcoatl ‘The Feathered Serpent’

(Keht-zal-coh-atl)

• Giver of life

• Hero, king & priest

• Flying reptile (much like a dragon)

• Plumage along his body

• Plummed head dress and shield

• Red beak

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ANTI-HERO

Tlaloc ‘He Who Makes Things Sprout’

(tla- lock)

• God of Rain/Thunder/Earthquakes

• Used lightning bolts to make people sick

• Wore a net of clouds, crown of heron feathers

• Carried four jugs

• Rattle/Rattlesnake to make the thunder

ANTI-HERO

Xiuhtecuhtli ‘The Turquoise Lord’  

(she-wa-te-KWA-tle)

• God of fire & heat, 

• Lord of volcanoes.

• Face of Red & Black pigment

• Sometimes portrayed with Green feathers on crown like flames

• Staff with deers head